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SCIENTIFIC SUB-COMMITTEE. FIRST REPORT BY: "Basal Diet" as foundation of Food Policy. Communal feeding. Basal Diet. Notes on: (Appendixes I & II).

28 Jun 1940

6, Wheat and fats must be imported but all other foods in this list can be produced at home in sufficient quantities to meet the needs of the whole population. great extension of the area devoted to vegetables and potatoes which this would involve, and the withdrawal of a The large proportion of the oat crop from use as food for stock, would however have very important repercussions on the economics of agriculture. The Committee is investigating some of the problems which will arise. 7. All these foods except fats, and possibly milk under certain circumstances, should be provided in such amounts that they need not be rationed, and their price should be so adjusted that they can be bought by everyone.
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Civil Defence Region
Nationwide
Collection ID
CAB74
Document Reference
CAB 74/4/24
Document Types
Report
File Reference
CAB 74/4
Former Department Reference
FP(M)(40) 91
Identifier
10.1080/wtss.cab74.000004.024
Keywords
Agriculture Air-raid Precautions Animal Feed Bacon Bread Brussels Sprouts Butter Cabbage Cattle Cauliflower Celery Cereals Cheese Children Civil Consumption Communal Feeding Dairy Demographics Education Eggs Fats Fish Food Preparation Food Quality Food Supplies Foreign Currency Freight Shipping Fruit Harvests Imports Industrial Workers Industry Labour Supply Livestock Margarine Meat Milk Munitions Munitions Industry Nutrition Oats Onions Overseas Trade Population Distribution Pork Potatoes Public Health Pulses Rationing Schools Sugar Swedes Vegetables Whale Oil Wheat
Language
English
Locations Discussed
Argentina France Germany New Zealand
Organizations Discussed
Food Policy Committee Scientific Committee on Food Policy
Pages
6
Published in
United Kingdom
Series
Papers 70(40) - 182(40)
Themes
Rationing Supply Agriculture Food Supply Licensing Price Control Eating Cooking Health Welfare

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